João d’Oliveira Coelho

Research Interests

d’Oliveira Coelho’s research interests encompass Geospatial Paleontology, Paleoecology, and Gorongosa. Within the realm of Geospatial Paleontology, the focus lies on automating remote sensing and AI techniques to investigate the distribution and interrelationships of fossil assemblages. In the domain of Paleoecology, his main interest is in reconstructing ancient ecosystems and the ecological dynamics of extinct mammals via machine learning approaches. The Miocene of Gorongosa presents a unique temporal, geographical, and paleoenvironmental context for examining evolutionary processes involved in the hominoid radiations and hominin origins.

Short Bio

João d’Oliveira Coelho is a self-taught programmer with an academic background in biological anthropology. While graduating in Human Evolution and Biology from the University of Coimbra, Jd’OC founded osteomics.com, where various web applications were developed. Recently Jd’OC completed his DPhil at the University of Oxford in Geospatial Paleoanthropology, Jd’OC is actively engaged in fieldwork at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique and Lake Turkana in Kenya.

Paleontology Lab Manager, Gorongosa National Park

Scientific Department,
Parque Nacional da Gorongosa
Sofala
Moçambique

Associated Researcher, PALEO (Primate Adaptations, Landscapes & Evolutionary Origins) group, CIBIO

CIBIO – Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Universidade do Porto
Campus de Vairão
Rua Padre Armando Quintas, nº 7
4485-661 Vairão
Portugal

Affiliated Researcher, SAME, University of Oxford

School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography
University of Oxford
64 Banbury Road
OX2 7PN
Oxford
United Kingdom

Associated Researcher, Centre for Functional Ecology

Calçada Martim de Freitas
Departamento de Ciências da Vida
Universidade de Coimbra
3000-456
Coimbra
Portugal

Associated Researcher, ICArEHB

Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB)
FCHS, University of Algarve
Campus de Gambelas
8005-139 Faro
Portugal

joaocoelho@gorongosa.net

https://jcoelho.com

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0871-1926